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SFOP0010174: FY 2024 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship

Closed Closed March 8, 2024 Opportunity SFOP0010174 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$10.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and colleges and universities.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Please see full announcement.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Academic Exchange Programs - Undergraduate Programs awards averaged $3.5 million; this notice allows up to $10.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (79% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Study of the U.S. Branch (ECA/A/E/USS), Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) invites proposal submissions for one cooperative agreement to design, administer, and implement the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship. The Fellowship should consist of a total of 20 Institutes with 10 taking place in the spring of 2025 and 10 in the fall of 2025 and provide a total of approximately 500 undergraduate and recent graduates from throughout Southeast Asia with a foundation in one of four themes: Civic Engagement; Sustainability and Environment; Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Empowerment; and Society and Governance. See details in section A.3. Program Specific Guidelines, in the NOFO. The award recipient will be responsible for program planning and implementation, including the oversight and coordination of the 20 Institutes under the YSEALI themes. Each Institute will host 25 participants from throughout Southeast Asia. Each Institute will be five weeks in duration and will include an approximately four-week academic residency at a U.S. college or university campus and an approximately one-week integrated educational study tour that includes time in Washington, DC at the conclusion of the Institute. The award recipient will coordinate with ECA to ensure all participants are able to join a larger Washington, DC-based YSEALI Fellows Forum in the spring and fall. Please see the full announcement for additional information.

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Applying now

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